An unusually informative piece from a Miami newspaper, with new (to me) details about the murder and his acrimonious divorce. This bit, however, was rather surprising:

But Markel also had critics, including some conservative bloggers and law-school skeptics who complained PrawfsBlawg failed to challenge the legal establishment.

In 2012, Markel was the subject of an anonymous comment on the blog Inside the Law School Scam.

“Bullies like this need to be made radioactive,” the writer said, alleging Markel had deleted anonymous comments on PrawfsBlawg. “Their arrogance and imperiousness speaks for itself. All means necessary must be employed.”

A Florida State spokeswoman declined to say whether Markel had reported the incident to the university or had raised concerns about his safety.

That comment comes, of course, from the blog of Crazy Campos, who certainly did his best to incite hatred and calumny against many academics, including Dan Markel. But it seems a stretch to connect this blog comment with the heinous crime! One wonders how the reporter dug this up out of the bowels of cyberspace?

UPDATE: More gruesome details: the killer was waiting for him, shot him through the window of his car while he was talking on the phone. Earlier reports that he knew the killer seem to have been mistaken.